A mango juice factory was launched in Bahir Dar on Saturday last week in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration. The juice factory called “Slice” is expected to produce 112 thousand liters of juice per day and 33.6 million litters of juice per year.
For its campuses in the Amhara State capital, Bahir Dar University (BDU) is looking for local as well as international firms that can hire for what it calls Conceptual Campus Masterplan Design. The masterplan is needed for the central cluster of the University’s campuses.
The Oromia Regional State has generated over Birr 84 million in tourism revenue over the past eight months, from a surge in visitors to the Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP), now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Bale Robe airport which was constructed at a cost of Birr 500 million was inaugurated yesterday. Ethiopian Airlines has started 3 times weekly services- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Bale Robe airport has a 3 km length and 400 meter runway width and can accommodate different types of passengers and cargo planes, including Boeing 737.
Ethiopian Airports Enterprise oversaw the construction of the Robe airport which is also known as Goba-Robe airport because Goba and Robe are located in proximity to each other, towns in Bale Zone, Oromia Region.
Source: Fana Bc and Center for Aviation (https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airports/goba-robe-airport-gob)
Bamboo Star Agro-Forestry is going to start manufacturing bamboo products, including chopsticks, which are going to be exported to China form Ethiopia.
